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prepositionally

prepositionally adverb: in a prepositional manner.

Adverb

prepositionally (not comparable)

  1. In a prepositional manner.
    • The meaning of the gerundive can further be modified prepositionally.2007, Kim Schulte, Prepositional Infinitives in Romance: A Usage-based Approach to Syntactic Change
    • Words are thus used prepositionally along with all the noun-cases excepting the dative.1879, William Dwight Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar
  2. As a preposition.

Origin of prepositionally

From prepositional + -ly.

Questions about prepositionally

What does prepositionally mean?
Prepositionally means in a prepositional manner.
What part of speech is prepositionally?
Prepositionally is an adverb.

Words near prepositionally in the dictionary

  1. prepositional phrases
  2. prepositional pronoun
  3. prepositional pronouns
  4. prepositional verb
  5. prepositional verbs
  6. prepositionally
  7. prepositionals
  8. prepositioned
  9. prepositionhood
  10. prepositioning
  11. prepositionless

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